Instead of bringing Britain and France to their senses, it depressed American sea-borne commerce.

"The Dolia and the Sea-Borne Commerce of Imperial Rome."

British foreign policy started from the incontestable and apparently unchanging facts that the United Kingdom was an island, depended on sea-borne commerce and communications, and had large overseas possessions.

Most of those traveling by ship lived on the Eastern seaboard and were acquainted with sea borne commerce and travel.

It is unlikely that it would decide to continue the war against us, since it has no means to strike at us decisively, whereas its sea borne commerce would suffer from our submarines.